Gate.



G. W. RAYMOND.

GATE.

APPLIUATIOH run]: um. 24, 1901.

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G. W. RAYMOND.

GATE.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT, 24, 1907.

Patented Dec. 1, 1908 2 SHEETS-SHEET 2 Q C. W. fiqymond HARLES W.RAYMOND, OF BROOKSTON, INDIANA.

GATE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 1, 1908.

Application filed September 24, 1907. Serial No. 394,280.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES IV. RAY- MOND, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Brookston, in the county of White and State ofIndiana, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Gates, of whichthe following is a specification.

This invention relates to gates and more particularly to hand operatinggates especially adapted to be used on country roads where it isimpossible to plant a post, out in the road, the object being to providea gate that can be opened from either side, but will swing only onedirection.

\Vith these and other objects in view, the invention consists in thenovel features of construction, combination and arrangement of partshereinafter fully described and pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings forming a part of this specification: Figure 1 1s aperspective view of my improved gate. Fig. 2 is a side elevational viewof the gate. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the operating mechanism showing itin its normal position. Fig. 4C is a plan view of the operatingmechanism showing it moved so as to open the gate.

In the drawings A indicates a gate post arranged on one side of theroad, having a frame A secured to its rear side to which the end of thefence is secured, and B the gate-post on the opposite side of the roadto which the fence is secured. The post A is provided with outwardlyextending eyes C which register with eyes D carried by a gate E, andthrough which a shaft F is ada ted to pass, forming a pintle. The sha tF is mounted in the apertured end of a plate G secured on the top of thepost A, and frame A and is provided with an arm H, at its upper endhaving a bifurcated end in which is mounted a reel I having a ratchet Ion its side adapted to be engaged by a pawl I A wire cable J is securedon the reel having its free end secured to the apertured end of a bar Eextending up above the frame of the gate at itsouter end, so that bytightening or loosening the cable, the swing of the arm H can beregulated.

Fixed on the shaft F between the plate G and arm H, is a segmental gearK provided with an arm K having a slot K adjacent its end in which worksa depending pin H of the arm H, so that the arm can turn a certaindistance without moving the gear as will be hereinafter fully described.

The ends of the frame of the gate are connected together by spacedparallel bars E E and a diagonal brace bar E which prevents the gatefrom getting out of true. Socured to the lower bar E is a bracket L, inwhich is mounted the lower end of an arm L which works in a guide Isecured to the upper bar E and is connected to the end of the frame by acoil-spring L A latclrbar M is pivoted to the bar L working in a guideM, secured to the end of the frame of the gate, and adapted to drop in akeeper B secured to one side of the post B for locking the gate closed.An arm 0 is secured on the shaft F carrying a cable 0 at its end whichis connected to the arm L so that when the shaft is turned, the latchwill be lifted before the gate starts to swing.

will be hereinafter fully described.

Mounted on the plate G is a segmental gear P meshing with the gear K,provided with an arm P having a sleeve P at its end, on which ispivotally mounted the sleeve Q, of a crank arm Q. which is provided witha short arm Q having an apertured end to which the apertured end of thearm R is pivotally connected. The other end of the arm R is providedwith a sleeve R which is pivotally mounted on a pivot-pin R, secured toan enlarged portion l of the plate G. The end of the long arm Q of thecrank arm Q is apertured, and to it is connected a cable S having ahandle S at its end, which passes over a pulley S secured to the end ofa supporting-awn T, carried b a post T arranged to one side of the postii a sufficient distance, so that when the handle S secured to the endof the cable, is )ulled the gate can be opened without any danger of itcoming into engagement with the horse. A cable U provided with a handleU is also secured in the end of the apertured arm Q, which passes overthe pulleys U U mounted on a pole V extending outwardly from the lowerend of the other side of the post A, and is connected thereto by a baseV, so that the handle can be readily grasped so that the gate can beopened from the other side.

The operation is as follows :lVhen it is desired to open the gate, sayfrom the side that the pole V extends out from, the handle U will begrasped and pulled downwardly which will turn the gears P and K, causingthe shaft to revolve which will lift the latch and as the end of theslot in the arm K of the gear K, comes into engagement with the pin H ofthe arm H, the gate will be swung opened. \Vhen it is desired to closethe gate after passing through the same, the handle S is caught hold ofand pulled which will swing the gate closed.

The gate swings in one direction only can be opened from the other sideby drawing upon the cable H. Assuming that the parts are in the positionshown in Fig. 3, when the cable S is pulled upon there will be arotation of the gear segments P and K in a. direction the reverse ofthat when the cable U was operated, but such reverse rotation willcontinue only until the arms R and Q are in alinement when the deadcenter of the pivotal point connecting the arms 1 and Q is reached. Therotation of the gears will then cease, temporarily, and during thisbrief reverse rotation of the gear segments there will be no swingingmovement of the gate as the slot K is of such length as to permit thearms to pass dead center without moving the gate. But as the dead centeris passed and the arms then form an angle with each other the reverse ofthat shown in Figs. 3 and 1, the gear segments 1 and K will again berotated, but in the same direction as when the cable U was pulled, andas soon as the gate is unlatched and the pin H has traveled the lengthof the slot K the gate will again swing open, and in the same directionas when the cable U was pulled. It will be obvious, therefore, thateither and cable S or U may be pulled for the purpose i of opening thegate, and no matter which cable is pulled, the gate will open in onedirection only.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desireto secure by Letters Patent is 1. A device of the kind describedcomprising a gate arranged to swing in one direction. a rotatable shaftupon which said gate is loosely mounted, a .segi'nental gear fixed tosaid shaft and provided with a slotted arm, an arm loosely mounted uponsaid shaft, a. pin carried by said arm and extending into said slot,means connecting said arms to the gate, a segmental gear meshing withthe gear carried by the shaft, and means for imparting a partialrotation in one direction to the last mentioned gear from either side ofthe gate.

2. The combination with a post having a gate hinged thereto, said hingecomprising a pintle shaft having a segmental gear at its upper end, saidgear having a slotted arm, an arm carried by said shaft provided with apin working in said slot, a cable connecting said arm to the end of thegate, means for adjusting the tension upon said cable for the purpose ofregulating the swing of the last mentioned arm, a lever arm fixed uponthe shaft, a spring actuated catch carried by the gate, connecting meansbetween the lever arm and the catch, and means foroperating the gearcarried by the shaft from either side of the gate.

3. In a device of the kind described a segmental gear, an arm extendingfrom said gear, an angle arm comprising a long and a short arm, saidangle arm being pivotally connected to the free end of the arm of thegear segment at the point of juncture of the long and short arms, an armpivotally connectcd at one end to the short arm of the angle arm, andpivoted at its opposite end to a fixed support, operating cablesconnected to the free end portion of the ion arm, and means fortransmitting rotation o the segmental gear in one direction only to thegate.

4. A device of the kind described comprising a gate post, eyes carriedby said post, a gate, eyes carried by the gate, a shaft extendingthrough said eyes, a gear carried by the shaft, a gear mounted on saidpost meshing with said gear, an arm carried by said gear on the post, acrank mounted on the end of said arm, a link connected to the short armof said crank pivotally mounted on said post, and operating cablesconnected to the end of the long arm of said crank, for the purposedescribed.

CHARLES W. RAYMOND.

itnesses 2 JOHN J. CAIN, THOMAS CAIN, Jr.

